Hannah Ireland. Handshake in Hamilton.Weasel Gallery, 260 Victoria Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton, Handshake in Hamilton is an exhibition which consists of rectangular boxes displayed at a variety of heights amongst a plethora of items and other wall hanging objects. The gallery is narrow which encourages the viewer to be intimate with the rectangular boxes displayed on the walls alternating […]
Why am I doing this, why is it relevant? Why should we look at the past, and should I be looking at it? Am I focusing too much on the history in the wrong way, does it become insensitive? How do I approach landscape in Aotearoa respectfully, and bring my knowledge and understanding of it […]
Large blue objectOutside Weathered Stone Carved Dinosaur like Laying on the ground White figures surround: possibly representing birds, water birds, cormorants on opposite sides Tui Materials look sturdy Stone Porous Blue / tealSwan has a pool of water on the top of it 3D printed Outdoors, birds chirping in the back ground Initial reactions to a teal shaped sculpture sitting outside the Auckland art gallery. Laying […]
From what was said and what I am thinking of testing further I have made some plans which I want to test out and tease out, wanting to see them work in a space, I didn’t feel like they would have worked best for last hand in as it may have been too much. I […]
This post will look at notes and ideas which were brought up during the July seminar week. There were many things which I believe could have been changed to be better and make the exhibition install read better and become more specific and interesting to an audience. I’ll start with notes thanks to Alan: -Is […]
Land surveys and protection has become a place of research which I am a bit more interested in now than previously before, the spaces which I have been looking at sometimes hold these survey and tracking equipment, many of which go undetected upon first arrival but hide in the background, these tools help scientists understand […]
Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree: https://www.botanicalmind.online Plants and the spiritualRhythms of plantsReading to their surroundingsIntelligent factors react to surroundsShapes in nature in art, spirals – ferns, animals with tails and shells have been found in early artNatural BlueprintsHilma af Klint – paintingCosmic tree, trees re-occurring into religions and paintingsCarl Jung – treeActive imaginationTesting […]
Dealing with issues facing the land of Aotearoa today I build a fascination toward histories of the land, gaining historical knowledge helps with, not only plant species, but also in understanding who had lived and voyaged to Aotearoa previously. In effects of what might be happening to these spaces currently, through effects of colonialism such […]
Which materials are used to paint on is just as important as what is depicted in a painting. Materials all work in their own unique ways, some soak in moisture more than others, some are rough and some smooth. Lately I have become interested in ways materials that host the depictions become integral to the work, In vs […]
Llenyd Price, ‘Ferns above reserve’, mixed media on found wood, 2019. Q & A 1) what do you do? What sort of things do you make? Or select? Broken Landscape Paintings are made on found wooden discarded boards which I have gathered around building or renovation cites. These paintings are based on untouched areas founds […]
Llenyd Price 